Berlin Duet: ‘A powerful, panoramic novel of war and its aftermath’ Sunday Times

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‘A POWERFUL, PANORAMIC NOVEL OF WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘What a love story’ Elizabeth Buchan
‘Gripping and heartfelt’ Elisabeth Gifford
‘Entirely convincing and authentic’ Leonora Nattrass

UNITED BY WAR. DIVIDED BY A SECRET.

Berlin,1938. English spy Harry Taverner and Jewish-American photographer Anna Cantrell spend the night dancing at Berlin’s most elegant hotel as the Nazi shadow rises over Europe. Neither expects they will ever meet again.

But once peace is declared, they reunite in the ruins of Berlin, where Anna is searching for her missing children. With the blockade tightening and the Soviets set on conquest, Harry and Anna walk a treacherous line between love and duty, loyalty and betrayal.

And as the Cold War dawns, they are bound together by a secret that will only be revealed decades later, when Berlin finds itself on the cusp of another transformation…